School Garden Educator - Santa Barbara, United States - Explore Ecology

Description

GARDEN EDUCATOR POSITION (GE)
Full time

A School Garden Educator's primary role is to engage and educate students while maintaining the school's garden and outdoor classroom


Main duties include:

coordinating with teachers, planning and teaching lessons in outdoor classrooms to K-8th grade students, and planting, harvesting and maintaining organic garden space.

The School Garden Educator reports to their assigned Garden Coordinator.


Pay and Benefits

• Starting Hourly

Pay:
$18.00 per hour

• Bonus Potential: Annual increase opportunity and bonuses based on performance

Full Time Employees: 30-40 hours per week

• Health benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• 2 weeks per year of paid vacation
• 9 days per year of sick time off
• 8 Paid Holidays per year

Role and Responsibilities

• Lead weekly garden education lessons in your school's organic garden for K8th grade students
• Maintain and submit weekly reporting
• Use a portion of your weekly assigned hours to maintain your school garden(s), growing a diverse mix of seasonal crops and perennials
• Continue to build your school's connection to the garden through garden work parties or campus beautification days, outreach to the PTA or Wellness Committees, recruiting and managing community volunteers to help with the garden, and by distributing produce harvested in the garden to the school community
• Communicate regularly with your Garden Coordinator, attend monthly and/or weekly staff meetings focused on team building, staff development, and training

Work Environment

• Outdoors and on a school campus
• Standing, bending, and stooping, for extended periods of time (up to 8 hours)
• Extensive contact with the public and children
• Unassisted heavy lifting (up to 40 lbs.)

Scheduling

• Shift Work Exclusively.

Full Time: 30-40 hours per week / 5 shifts

• Part Time: approximately 1525 hours per week / 3 shifts
• Must be able to work occasional evenings and weekends (Saturday and/or Sunday), as scheduled.

Additional Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Experience working with groups of Elementary aged students
• Must pass LiveScan (fingerprint background check) and TB test
• Spanish Speakers are encouraged to apply

Preferred Skills and Characteristics

• A passion to cultivate children's connection to nature, healthy food, and culture through handson gardenbased education
• Experience teaching and working with elementaryage students
• Experience with growing produce
• Ability to work independently, setting own schedule, while maintaining clear communication with assigned Garden Coordinator
• Strong organizational skills

About Explore Ecology

Explore Ecology is a Santa Barbara based non-profit organization that educates over 38,000 children a year, inspiring them to engage with the natural world, think critically, and experience the value of environmental stewardship.

Explore Ecology programs include the Art From Scrap Creative ReUse Store and Gallery, Environmental Education, Watershed Resource Center, and School Gardens.

Explore Ecology actively promotes an environment of respect, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We support all employees regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, race, ethnic origin, color, religion, national origin, creed, marital status, disabled veteran status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, and/or physical disability that does not inhibit the performance of the specific core tasks of this position.

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time


Pay:
$18.00 per hour


Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• Inperson

Work Location:
In person